From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2007-11-05T08:51:30+09:00
Subject: Re: This is how we Roll



On Nov 4, 5:46 pm, Joel VanderWerf <vj...@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Trans wrote:
> >   irb(main):001:0> Library.list
> >   => ["box", "nitro", "roll", "icli", "mint", "og", "glue",
> >       "tmail", "english", "webrite", "blow", "xact", "raw",
> >       "ruby", "ratch", "facets"]
>
> Any reason this returns a list of strings, and not of library objects?

Very much so. Rolls doesn't bother to objectify a library until you
request it as such. This helps reduce the memory footprint, and boost
performance.

T.